Ironing-table.



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IRONING TABLE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 2, 1902. no MODEL.

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LElVIS O. KELLY, OF SARANAC, MICHIGAN.

IRONING-TABLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 720,033, dated February 10, 1903.

Application filed August 2, 1902.

li o all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, Lewis 0. KELLY, a citi zen of the United States, residing at Saranac, in the county of Ionia and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ironing-Tables; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in ironing-tables; and its object is to provide the same with certain new and useful features hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a plan view of a device embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same; Fig. 3, a vertical section of the same on the line 3 3 of Figs. 1 and 2; Fig. 4:, a side elevation of the device as arranged when out of use; and Fig. 5, a detail in elevation, showing the open end of the ways and detachable block.

Like letters refer to like parts in all of the figures.

A represents the ironing-table proper, consisting of a board of suitable dimensions and form and preferably having a pointed curved end, as shown. This board or table is provided near one end with transverse cleats O 0, arranged at a suitable distance from each other and securely attached to the board A and provided with recesses 'to receive the sleeve-board B and to hold the same in alinement with the board A. These cleats also serve to strengthen the board and keep it from warping and also form supports for said sleeve-board B and sustain the same at a distance above the board A and parallel therewith. The sleeve-board B is inserted in the recesses in the cleats O and is detachably held therein by a bolt D, provided with a suitable thumb-nut and inserted in an open-end slot D in the end of the sleeve-board. This sleeveboard is preferably tapered, as shown, and provided with a rounded end and on one side is also provided with a longitudinal rib 13, upon which rib the seams of a garment may be ironed. For this purpose the sleeve-board is reversed by loosening the nut on the bolt Serial No.1l8,035. (No model.)

D and withdrawing the board longitudinally from engagement with the bolt and recesses in the cleats and replacing the same with the rib uppermost.

E represents the edge of any suitable support, such as a table or shelf, to which one end of the board A is attached by means of anglebolts F, bent at right angles to engage the under side of said table or shelf and extending upward through the table A and provided with suitable thumb-nuts. This end of the table A is also provided with a suitable eye G, whereby it may be hung upon any suitable support when out of use, as shown in Fig. 4. When in use, the table is also supported by an adj usiable and folding leg J, provided with a recess J in its end to engage a support M, whereby it is held in folded position when out of use. The support M consists of a suitable staple of wire inserted in the ends of the ways H, attached to the underside of the table A and extending longitudinally thereof to engage 'and retain an adjustable block I, slidable in said ways and detachable therefrom at the outer end, to which block the leg J is attached bya hinge N. This leg is also provided with an extension L to adjust the length of the same to properly level the table and secured to the leg J by a bolt K, adjustable in a slot K in the leg. The leg J is thus adjustable longitudinally of the board A to afford room for a garment to extend beneath said board or may be detached therefrom and the gar ment placed on the board and the leg again replaced under the outer end of the board, as occasion requires, and is also adapted to fold out of the Way and be properly supported in folded position when the device is out of use, as in Fig. 4. I am thus able to secure a very simple and convenient device having few parts and readily adjusted to adapt it to use in ironing a great variety of articles and also adapted to be compactly folded and suspended from a suitable support when out of use.

From the foregoing description the operation of my invention will be readily understood without further explanation.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In combination with an ironing-table,

transverse cleats attached to the table, a detachable and reversible sleeve-board supported by the cleats and having an open-end slot, a bolt detachably engaging the slot, and a longitudinal rib on one side of the sleeveboard.

2. In combination with an ironing-table, transverse cleats attached to the table and having recesses in their upper sides, a reversible and detachable sleeve-board supported by the cleats and inserted in the recesses, and also having an open-end slot and a bolt (letachably engaging the slot.

3. In combination with an ironing-board, 

